Holiday Nourishment: For Yourself, Your Loved Ones and the Community at Large

About deborah.kesten

Deborah Kesten, MPH and Certified Wellness Coach, is an international nutrition researcher and educator, with a specialty in preventing and reversing obesity and heart disease and related ailments. She was the nutritionist on Dr. Dean Ornish’s first clinical trial for reversing heart disease through lifestyle changes, and co-director on research about her Whole Person Nutrition Model and Program (www.Enlightened-Diet.com), the results of which were published in Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing. With more than 200 published nutrition and health articles, she is also the award-winning author of Feeding the Body, Nourishing the Soul and The Healing Secrets of Food, a comprehensive, evidence-based nutrition program about the power of food to heal multi-dimensionally. Her most recent book, The Enlightened Diet, offers a practical guide to weight loss success through her comprehensive and research-based Whole Person Nutrition Program. Deborah’s accomplishments include contributing articles to scientific books and medical journals, including the Journal of the American Medical Association, and to magazines such as Yoga Journal and Spirituality and Health. She lives in Washington with her husband Larry Scherwitz, PhD.